Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
The Duke of Marlborough.
THE NOTORIOUS CAREER OF THE ENGLISH NORIrNA AZ
VISITING NEWPORT

THE NOTORIOUS CAREER OF THE ENGLISH NoBLENAN
NOW VISITING NEWPORT.
A Newport dispatch to the New York World
says that one leading cottager, when asked
If he thought the Duke OF Marlborough would be
received in society there. replied: II do not think
Marlborough will be received In society very gen.
orally think it quite likely that some men win
give him dinners, but 1t does not appear probable
that he will be at many entertainments where
ladies are present. or course the Duke may not
be black as he is painted but he is suficientIy
d1scoOred to warrant people in withholding that
generous hospitality which Newport has ordinari-
~ shown TO distinguished foreigners. think lie
has made mistake In coming here" The World
adds:
The Duke OF Marlborough, otherwise known as
the "Prlnce Rupert OF the Divorce Court" on &C.
count or his chlvalrouS conduct towards the fair
DANES whose reputation he helped TO tarnish,
would have made far greater mark in political
life than his younger brother, Lord Randolph
Churchill IL his name had not unfortunately been
connected with several social scandals which
have outraged the notions OF reSpectability and
prOpriety or the English middle classes singu.
larry well-read man, he has Travelled extensively
In every quarter OF the globe and his ideas are OF
SO enlightened nature that they err perhaps in
with his brother Randolph he differs strongly
from him politically, and is as pronounced radi-
lish duke, with an hereditary pension OF Sos O0O
per annum, can well be. His popular theories on
the subject OF bimetalism, franchise and tenure
OF land have attracted q good deal of at
tention, and had not their source been
considered as tainted by the respectable British
bourgeois there is no doubt that the duke would
Born In 1874, he served for short time In the
horse guards, and then, painting the city OF Lon
don most brilliant vermillion hue, he started on
on visit to India. A splendid shot and a fine
sportsman Ia every sense OF the word his pere-
CARNATIONS extended to Cashmere where he be-
came exceedingly intimate with the Maharajah.
1t is sad TO relate that heStarted of that
BILE Oriental potentate on a course OF the widest
dissipation, which resulted In repeated attacks OF
deiirium tremenS ,S ana ,, world or anxiety and
at the very name OF the duke. After visiting Per-
sia China and other foreign lands In turn, he re-
turned home and married one OF the beautiful
daughters OF the late Duke or Abercorn, who oecu-
pies such prominent place in Lord Beaconsnelds
well-known novel ''LOtha1r."
His conduct to his long-su1er1ng and charming
wife was the reverse or commendable; for not.
withstanding the fact that she forgave him for
having been the principal cause OF the divorce be-
tween the late Earl Of AyleSfOrd and the latter's
WIFE, he continued the error OF his ways and
finally forced her In 1883 to obtain divorce from
him. The Queen expressed the utmost sympathy
for the MarchiOneSs OF Blandford for her husband
only succeeded to the title few months later and
when the late duke died her majesty refused to
permit the present bearer or the title appear in
person at Windsor Castle for the purpose OF deiv-
ering up to the sovereign his fathers insignia OF
the Order OF the Garter, as is customary In such
cases.
The dukes name again appeared before the pub-
lie in connection with Lady Aylesfords ill-advised
lawsuit TO prove her son by the Duke OF Marl-
borough heir TO her late husbands title, and more
recently still he figured as correspondent In the
Collin Campbell divorce case.
John Churchill, the first Duke OF Marlborough.
died without male issue, and the titles and estates
were inherited In the first place by his eldest
daughter, Lady Godolphin, and on her death by
the son OF his second daughter, who had married
Charles spencer, earl OF Sunderland, from whom
the present duke deScends by direct line. The
palace OF Blenhcim, at Woodstock, OxfOrdshire,
which was presented to the first duke by the ma
ton reward for his brilliant victories on the
continent, is magnificent place, but costs a good
deal TO keep up. The present duke Is Tar from
rich, but has added somewhat to the resources OF
the entailed estate by selling last year, for an
enormous sum, some OF the magnificent Rubens
and VandykeS which figured In the Blenheim gal
lertes. The duke has three daughters and a son
who is now about fifteen years old and who Will
succeed to his fathers title.
1t may be added that there are at the present
time Two DucheSSes OF Marlborough In existence
namely, the mother and grandmother OF the pres
ent peer.